The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-05-08
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

on a Citizen of Walker County-A
Parental Oddly in Randolph County
"A Saw Mill Burned at Tallapoosa-
Fired on by Moonshiners.
GEORGIA.
Bainbridce liquor licenses will pan out
$1,S75 this year against 81, 900 last.
Mrs T. A. Wootten lately of Bairds-
town, has moved to Athens to engage in
matchmaking.
Watermelon vines are blooming in some
of the fields of Mitchell county. The stand
israther better than usual
Several white men in the lower edge of
Glascock county who go barcfooted in sum-
mer have snug bank accounts.
In Mitchell county the dry weather has
put the farmers 50 we'll up with their crops
that day laborers find it difficult to get
work
J. B. Debold, Of Ellijay, relates his OK
perience in raising tobacco. He planted an
acre and raised 9t0 pounds, which Melted
him $72
There is unanimity of sentiment III
Athens in favor of sewerage in the business
portion of the city. 1t can be put in at a
cost of Sl2, 600
There is considerable suffering among the
negroes in the Athens section, and they are
provisions. There has been no farm work
for them, owing to the drought
A petition, asking the Governor not to in
terfere with the sentence of the court in the
Smith murder case, is receiving numerous
signatures throughout Heard county. Not
loss than sixty names were added Tuesday.
Excitement prevails around Villa Rica
over minerals A company from Birming-
ham and from Admission, Ala, have been
buying, or trying to buy, iron ore. The
county is said to be full of iron and cop
per.
On Wednesday afternoon the residence of
James r. Neal, six miles southwest of Cum
ming, was destroyed by fire. The house and
contents were almost total loss, only five
sacks of -four and a feather bed being
saved
Q. A. Mclaughlin has been Postmaster at
Union Point for thirteen years, and during
that time has sent and received an average
of 600 registered letters a year. Yet moth
ing has ever gone wrong with single letter
of this kind that passed through his Office
Lizzie McKeon, young lady living three
miles east of Gainesville, mysteriously dis
appeared Sunday evening last, and has not
been heard of since. 1t is thought she has
gone to South Carolina and married. Her
disappearance has caused considerable ex-
element.
Mrs. L. W. Branch, who lives in Watkins
vile, is now 81 years old and is quite lively
and industrious vet. She came to town to
live with Mrs. O. F. johnson on Dec % last,
and up to this date she has knit seven pairs
of gloves, ten pairs of socks and eleven pairs
of stockings.
A lady living in Cuthbert is the mother of
eight living children, the Oldest IA years and
the youngest months of age All her chill
III hoy Haa xSyit
sight, and yet neither the oldest nor the
youngest ever saw its father, while all the
others have seen their father.
Friday big blaze at Grady, station on
the East and West railroad, few miles
east of Cedartown, burned several car loads
of lumber. Thesu supposed origin of the fire
was spark from passing engine on the
railroad The loss falls heavily upon Messrs
Morris g. Tracy and Robert Brewer, mil
men. No damage was done to the railroad
Some weeks ago, while on a raid int
Goosepond district, Sheriff VIM, of Ogle
thorpe county, was shot by some unknown
party who was lying in ambush for him
the ball taking effect in his right breast, in
flicting quite a painful wound. He has KEEP
the matter quiet so far, hoping that III
might gain some clue to the identity Of hi
assailant, but has failed.
Mr. Carnegie, of Pennsylvania, larg
manufacturer of iron and steel, has beef
prospecting among the iron and Manganese
regions of Polk county during the past few
days. As very few sections of even North
west Georgia can boast of such rich ores an,
in such inexhaustible supplies as Poll
county, it follows, as matter of course
Mr.. Carnegie was well pleased
At Sandersville Friday morning Noal
johnson (coloredD, finding his infant chill
quite sick, administered powder which b
found about the house. The child immedi
ately fell into a slumber, from which i
der of the powder, he found that he ha
given an overdose of morphine, from til
effects of which it died. The powder ha
been prepared for his wife
College Temple at Newman had the pleas
ure of forwarding $50 TO Mrs. Mary
DoCld, Kaufman county, Texas, who is on
of the sufferers from the distressing drough
which has prevailed in that State for seN
eral months past. Receiving a personal al
plication for aid the sympathetic Presider
infused his spirit into the pupils, and wit
only weeks notice they gave May fest
val, including over one hundred performer
and netting the sum above named.
It is possible that young Robertson, {
Watlxinsville, is now nursing couple {
severe pistol shot wounds. Marion I. Dav
says that as he was leaving town, just b
yOilu DuS al ldSL WICK, u uCSi
man stepped from the bushes, grabbed h
horses reins and ordered him to give hi
money up; but he kept composed until
could draw his pistol. The negro then ran
and as he was running away Mr.. Davis fire
two balls at him. Mr.. Davis says he struc
match and saw blood ON the negro's trai
A Townsville correspondent writes tina
G. w. Mccormick, one of the enterprisin
and liberal hearted citizens of Thomasvill
agreeably surprised, a few days ago, I'll
several pastors of the churches in that cit
by inclosing to each one warrantee deed
house and lot in the city. The consider;
ton of the deeds was the good and righteou
influence of the different pastors Of the cit,
Mr. Mccormick is not a member Of an
church. Other towns would be proud I
own such citizens as Mr.. Mccormick al
pears to be.
AT Forsyth, the trustees of the Monrc
Female College have devised a plan and wi
soon erect q commodious and well arrange
boarding department connected with u
college, which supplies a long felt want {
that Institution, and viii place it in comp
tition with the best in the State. The pre-;
emit senior class--the largest for many year
past--have been notified by the presider
of the faculty that in the award of honor
Miss Rosa E. Smith received the first homo
and Miss Sallie l.. Barnes the second, bot
from Forsyth
Horny Etona who lived in the Cove xyps